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Novel flaviviruses from mosquitoes: Mosquito-specific evolutionary lineages within the phylogenetic group of mosquito-borne flaviviruses
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Mini Black Holes in the first year of the LHC
The experimental signatures of TeV-mass black hole (BH) formation in heavy
ion collisions at the LHC is examined. We find that the black hole production
results in a complete disappearance of all very high ({} GeV)
back-to-back correlated di-jets of total mass {}TeV. We show
that the subsequent Hawking-decay produces multiple hard mono-jets and discuss
their detection. We study the possibility of cold black hole remnant (BHR)
formation of mass and the experimental distinguishability of
scenarios with BHRs and those with complete black hole decay. Due to the rather
moderate luminosity in the first year of LHC running the least chance for the
observation of BHs or BHRs at this early stage will be by ionizing tracks in
the ALICE TPC. Finally we point out that stable BHRs would be interesting
candidates for energy production by conversion of mass to Hawking radiation.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figure
Fibre Bragg grating sensors in polymer optical fibres
This review paper summarises the current state of research into polymer optical fibre grating sensors. The properties of polymers are explored to identify situations where polymers offer potential advantages over more conventional silica fibre sensing technology. Photosensitivity is discussed and the sensitivities of polymer fibre gratings to strain, temperature and water are described. Finally, applications are reported which utilise the unique properties of polymer fibres
Breast clinic and life style study BLLISS
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Distribution of mosquitoes in the South East of Argentina and first report on the analysis based on 18S rDNA and COI sequences
Although Mar del Plata is the most important city on the Atlantic coast of Argentina, mosquitoes inhabiting such area are almost uncharacterized. To increase our knowledge in their distribution, we sampled specimens of natural populations. After the morphological identification based on taxonomic keys, sequences of DNA from small ribosomal subunit (18S rDNA) and cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) genes were obtained from native species and the phylogenetic analysis of these sequences were done. Fourteen species from the genera Uranotaenia, Culex, Ochlerotatus and Psorophora were found and identified. Our 18S rDNA and COI-based analysis indicates the relationships among groups at the supra-species level in concordance with mosquito taxonomy. The introduction and spread of vectors and diseases carried by them are not known in Mar del Plata, but some of the species found in this study were reported as pathogen vectors
Discovery of a single male Aedes aegypti (L.) in Merseyside, England
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Research activities arising from the University of Kent
In this paper I describe research activities in the field of optical fiber sensing undertaken by me after leaving the Applied Optics Group at the University of Kent. The main topics covered are long period gratings, neural network based signal processing, plasmonic sensors, and polymer fiber gratings. I also give a summary of my two periods of research at the University of Kent, covering 1985–1988 and 1991–2001
Developing Global Maps of the Dominant Anopheles Vectors of Human Malaria
Simon Hay and colleagues describe how the Malaria Atlas Project has collated anopheline occurrence data to map the geographic distributions of the dominant mosquito vectors of human malaria
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